1. On October 31, 2000 the Jim Berg Volunteer Committee (house)
accepted a $500 contribution from the Jim Berg Volunteer Committee (senate), # 13523, a
registered principal campaign committee. The acceptance of a contribution from another
candidate's principal campaign committee is prohibited under Minn. Stat. 10A.27, subd.
9(a), unless the contributing candidates principal campaign committee is being
dissolved. The contribution was not returned to the contributor within 60 days as required
by Minn. Stat. 10A.15, subd. 3.

2. By letter dated March 21, 2001, Jim Berg, candidate, stated:
"This was given with the understanding that my worker from the DFL Caucus was going
to terminate Volunteer Committee #13523."

3. Board records show that this is the first calendar year in which the
Jim Berg Volunteer Committee (house) reported acceptance of a contribution from a
registered principal campaign committee under Minn. Stat. 10A.27, subd. 9(a). The Jim
Berg Volunteer Committee (house) registered with the Board on June 15, 2000.

4. The parties agree that the Jim Berg Volunteer Committee (house)
accepted a contribution from a registered principal campaign committee resulting in an
inadvertent violation of Minn. Stat. 10A.27, subd. 9(a), in calendar year 2000.

5. On April 16, 2001 the Jim Berg Volunteer Committee (house) returned
to the Jim Berg Volunteer Committee (senate) $500, one times the amount of the prohibited
contribution, and provided a copy of the check returning the contribution to the Board.

6. It is agreed by the parties that the return of the prohibited
contribution to the contributor, the copy of the check returning the contribution, and
this Conciliation Agreement will be a bar to any civil proceeding under Minn. Stat.
10A.28, subd. 4.

7. It is further understood and agreed that this Agreement is
confidential until signed by Jim Berg and the Board Chair; the signed Agreement then shall
become a matter of public record, and the statutory requirement of confidentiality shall
no longer apply. Minn. Stat. 10A.02, subd. 11 and 10A.28, subd. 3.